Sydney 31 October -5 November 1999 |
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Competition injuries in adult taekwondo athletes W. Pieter*1 & E.D. Zemper2 2Exercise Research Associates of Oregon (ExRA), Eugene, OR, USA The purpose of this study was to assess taekwondo competition injuries in terms of type, location, and mechanism. Data were collected at national tournaments in the USA between 1988 and 1991 with simple check-off forms. The Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to determine differences in injury rates between men and women, and among body rgions injured within each gender, respectively. The women (105.45/1,000 athlete-exposures) sustained more injuries than the men (95.07/1,000 athlete-exposures) (p<0.05). Within the males, there was no difference (p>0.05) in injury rate of body regions. The females almost showed a significant difference (p = 0.060) with the lower extremities sustaining most of the injuries followed by the head and neck. The contusion was the dominant injury type for both the men (46.07/1000 A-E) and the women (56.36/1000 A-E). The dominant injury mechanism was receiving a blow: 47.54/1000 A-E (men) and 46.67/1000 A-E (women).
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